Paid Members WWFChilli Posted October 7, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted October 7, 2012 Â Just spent my afternoon listening to 'Tommy' and 'Quadrophenia' by The Who. I do love The Who and it's a crime that I've just got round to listening to these two albums tday. They are fantastic. Are they any iconic or generally regarded as great albums that people round here have never listened to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Mike Castle Posted October 7, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted October 7, 2012 It took me until about this time last year to finally listen to War Of The Worlds by Jeff Wayne. This despite the fact my Dad always had it on LP. Even then I only listened to it because someone picked it for the radio show I was doing, thankfully I've since realized that I should have been listening to it for years and am off to see it live in December thanks to the girlfriend buying me tickets for my birthday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted October 8, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted October 8, 2012 Jeff Wayne's WOTW is AMAZING. What a great record. The fighting machine and artilleryman (I think the piece is called) is definitely my favoutire, especially the powerful OOH-LAAA sound. You can feel your fist clenching with intensity every time that noise hits. I picked it up on LP from some second hand sale for something stupid like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Burchill's Buddy Posted October 8, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted October 8, 2012 Lou Reed - Transformer (1972) Â Â I don't know why it took me so long to get around to listening to this album despite being a fan of The Velvet Underground for a good 10 years or so, but it's really fantastic. It's often rated by critics and in countdown lists as one of the best albums of the 70's and it's produced by David Bowie (directly after finishing Ziggy Stardust) and Mick Ronson so it couldn't really fail. Â The singles are still very well known, and have all been covered or sampled extensively, the singles being 'Satellite of Love', 'Perfect Day' and 'Walk on the Wild Side', but some of the deeper cuts, tracks like 'Make Up', 'Andy's Chest' and 'Goodnight Ladies' are brilliantly perverted and incredibly varied (Goodnight Ladies featuring a full German oompah band for example). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Tommy! Posted October 8, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted October 8, 2012 I take it Tommy is also the soundtrack to the film? Brilliant, warped film with an outstanding original soundtrack. Some really, really good music there. Keith Moon steals it, though. Fiddling about. Â Yes and no, the album is all The Who and was first. The film soundtrack, which turned up later, has the velvet tones of Oliver Reed and others crooning the hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Freebird Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Lou Reed - Transformer (1972) Oh yes, fantastic album. I myself was probably 21/22 when I first heard this, after talking up my love of Velvet Underground Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 I'm Nearly Famous by Cliff Richard  Yes, it's Cliff Richard. This was considered his big comeback album from the mid-70's, most notable for God-botherer Cliff singing about a "Devil Woman with evil on her mind". However, the album itself is a mixture of influences, including 50's doo-wop and country music. Yes, the album is a smidge overproduced on some tracks but it's clear why this album resurrected his career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WWFChilli Posted October 8, 2012 Author Paid Members Share Posted October 8, 2012 To reply to my own topic, I explored Floyd for the first proper time today. I guess the one upside to not being able to get around much has been getting round to listening to some great albums. The Wall is a thing of beauty. Animals is also fantastic. Â Lovely subtle Young Ones reference there mikey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted October 10, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted October 10, 2012 I take it Tommy is also the soundtrack to the film? Brilliant, warped film with an outstanding original soundtrack. Some really, really good music there. Keith Moon steals it, though. Fiddling about. Â Yes and no, the album is all The Who and was first. The film soundtrack, which turned up later, has the velvet tones of Oliver Reed and others crooning the hits. Inspiration for your username? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Freebird Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Inspiration for your username? Is the avatar not a giveaway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted October 10, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted October 10, 2012 You'd think I'd have noticed that, wouldn't you? I blame the dirty great santa hat that he still lazily has draped over Daltrey's face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Tommy! Posted October 10, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted October 10, 2012 I blame the dirty great santa hat that he still lazily has draped over Daltrey's face. Â Must be getting on for 2 years now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-d-d-dAz Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Kurt Vile's 'Smoke Ring For My Halo' is the one i'd never gotten round to listening to. I bought it today for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted October 12, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted October 12, 2012 you've gotta stay in your area of interest for this to work really, but im fairly uneducated on a lot of pro-80's rock music, i know of albums and ive read all the stories but id be lying if i said id listened to any Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath or AC/DC album of that era. It's something i will rectify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfMetal Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 you've gotta stay in your area of interest for this to work really, but im fairly uneducated on a lot of pro-80's rock music, i know of albums and ive read all the stories but id be lying if i said id listened to any Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath or AC/DC album of that era. It's something i will rectify.Your not missing a huge amount in the way of Led Zeppelin as they only released 'Coda' in 1982, having disbanded and only had a handful of reunions in 85 and 88.AC/DC had 'Back In Black' (1980) and 'For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)' (1981) as their big albums in that decade. The other three albums (Fly On The Wall, Flick Of The Switch, Blow Up Your Video) are OK, but dont come close.Sabbath is definately the way to go. 'Heaven And Hell' (1980) 'Mob Rules' (1981) are the two Dio-era albums and are awesome top to bottom, while 'Seventh Star' (1986), intended to be Tony Iommi's first solo album, is a decent enough effort for the time with what the band was going through and Glenn Hughes handled vocal duty very well. 'Headless Cross' (1989) is a very underrated Sabbath album and very dark by their standards, which were pretty dark in the first place. Again, change in vocals with Tony Martin on this one, who had previously done vocals on the previous album 'The Eternal Idol' (1987).Definately listen to 'Heaven And Hell' and 'Mob Rules'.Also check out Grim Reaper. Reissued their 3 albums last yearSee You In Hell (1984)Fear No Evil (1985)Rock You To Hell (1987) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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